Cathy Lee Cunningham-Little was born in Falls Church Virginia on March 30, 1953.  She is the third of 5 daughters of Jack Cunningham, a radio operator in General Douglas MacArthur’s Allied Occupational forces in Japan after World War 2, and his Japanese bride, Akiko. The family moved back to San Antonio in 1950 and Cathy attended local public schools. Cunningham –Little is an accomplished artist and an independent business woman with studies and scholarships at a number of nationally recognized art schools including Pilchuck Glass School, Penland School of Art and Craft, UTSA, and others. Since 1983 Cathy has run a business in San Antonio called Cunningham Glass Studios. She has completed several public art projects in Texas as well as commissions across the United States.

Cathy’s exhibition record includes major venues nationally and internationally including such institutions as Museum of Neon Art, Los Angeles, CA; Mexi-arte Museum, Austin,TX; Columbus Craft Museum, Columbus, Ohio; Seto Shinyou Kinko Gallery, Seto, Japan; HsinChu Municipal Cultural Center, Taiwan, R.O.C.

She is married to the artist Ken Little and together they maintain a studio and home in San Antonio, Texas.